Fail file: Jim Farmer KC – barrister and founding member of the NZBA

Fail file: Jim Farmer KC – barrister and founding member of the NZBA
Jim Farmer has degrees from the University of Auckland and a PhD from the University of Cambridge.
Victoria Carter
Each fortnight, Victoria Carter speaks to someone about failure and disappointment and what they learned. This week, she talks to Jim Farmer KC, a founding member of the New Zealand Bar Association who has served two terms as its president. I was most disappointed: when I had a bad fall walking up some steps at home last October. I broke my collarbone and nine ribs. I was so disappointed in myself for tripping, there was no particular reason and the consequences, including three weeks in hospital, were disturbing and it took me a whil...

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